Wal-Mart Outside Carriers...

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Not true.. they pull reefer's out of their Pottsville PA warehouse and out of a warehouse in Maine... and wal-mart must pay for all miles with their trailer's.. at least in the grocery department..

Well my friend you are worng. i hate to argue the point, but I have it on good standing information Wal-Mart ONLY PAYS LOADED MILES to the outside carrier. The DH back to the DC is not compensated unless the driver picks up a back-haul and then it is paid as any company would have delivered the load. I did this as an O/O for 3yrs, and my father has been running this load-planning and pay department for 7yrs. trust me, they all still make the money cuz Wal-Mart pays $1.75 a loaded mile, and $50 a store. Then Swift, Werenr and SNI pay their drivers an avg of .30cpm and $10-$15 a store.....

Also, I didn't say they DID NOT pull refers, just they contract these facilities out. Such as Gas City, IN and Garrett, IN are both grocery DC's and Werner runs both, but they have some WAL-MART Private Fleet Drivers there (like my father, uncle and cousin) non-of them pull refers, but the ones in the Garrett, IN location do because it is a cold-storage house ONLY.

Schneider also runs the Washington Courthouse facility. Crete runs the North Platte, NE facility, Werner has the two above plus Sterling, IL and JB runs Johnstown, NY and out of Bentonville, AR..... all of these are GROCERY DC's weither it be dry or refer.

ALL OF WALMART'S GM (or general merchendise) is run by it's OWN PRIVATE FLEET but sometimes call in an outside carrier to assist in overloads and holiday times. WALMART OWNS ALL THE TRAILERS including refers, van and even some air-sides.

[geeshock]

Walmart uses small independents and owner operators to pull their trailers around along with major carriers. They have been doing it for years. It is much easier to bring in new carriers rather than buy more trucks and recruit more drivers. I am sure that they are outsourcing for less than it would cost them to run their own trucks or they would not be doing it.

well, here is a thought also, bring in the outside cariers so if they need to scale down on the deliveries, they don't have to let thier ppl go. actualy it's a good idea. I think it keeps them flexable. This time of year especialy, b4 christmas they run so hard they can't keep up, then from just b4 till about mid feb, there is nothing to haul. They just don't outsourcee at that time.